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In reply to the discussion: Paris in lockdown as France braces for new anti-Macron riots [View all].99center
(1,237 posts)30. It was started by "Anger Groups" on Facebook
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/france-paris-yellow-jackets-facebook
The "Yellow Jackets" Riots In France Are What Happens When Facebook Gets Involved With Local News
The "Yellow Jackets" Riots In France Are What Happens When Facebook Gets Involved With Local News
On Oct. 15, a group was started called Stop the fuel at the price of gold and it shared the MesOpinions petition. The page has since changed its named to France in Anger and received 17.3 million total interactions since October, according to another social media intelligence tool, CrowdTangle. All 10 of the currently most popular public Anger Groups, according to CrowdTangle, were started the same week that Ludosky went on the radio and the second petition went viral.
On Oct. 22, Le Parisien wrote up Ludoskys petition from May, which at that point still hadnt actually received that much attention, especially compared to the Facebook traffic the MesOpinions petition was receiving at the time. But after the Le Parisien article, Ludoskys petition finally jumped from 10,000 signatures to 225,000. The article itself also went viral. In a subsequent piece on Oct. 24, Le Parisien bragged that Ludoskys original petition didnt get any attention until it was written up by the paper two days earlier.
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Anger Groups have always been huge hubs for fake news and general fringe-internet nonsense. The newfound national attention is making things even worse. According to the about page for Citizens in Anger, its true goal is to defend France against a Masonic cabal of global bankers who control France. It currently has 15,000 members.
Among the first posts shared by France in Anger, one of the public groups with the most engagement right now, is a post that, according to Snopes, has been bouncing around the internet since at least 2017, and claims a million Germans abandoned their cars and walked through the streets to protest increased fuel prices. They didnt, and the accompanying photo is most likely from a 2010 traffic jam in China.
On Oct. 22, Le Parisien wrote up Ludoskys petition from May, which at that point still hadnt actually received that much attention, especially compared to the Facebook traffic the MesOpinions petition was receiving at the time. But after the Le Parisien article, Ludoskys petition finally jumped from 10,000 signatures to 225,000. The article itself also went viral. In a subsequent piece on Oct. 24, Le Parisien bragged that Ludoskys original petition didnt get any attention until it was written up by the paper two days earlier.
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Anger Groups have always been huge hubs for fake news and general fringe-internet nonsense. The newfound national attention is making things even worse. According to the about page for Citizens in Anger, its true goal is to defend France against a Masonic cabal of global bankers who control France. It currently has 15,000 members.
Among the first posts shared by France in Anger, one of the public groups with the most engagement right now, is a post that, according to Snopes, has been bouncing around the internet since at least 2017, and claims a million Germans abandoned their cars and walked through the streets to protest increased fuel prices. They didnt, and the accompanying photo is most likely from a 2010 traffic jam in China.
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The government will have no choice but to crack down hard against the violence. This protest
still_one
Dec 2018
#5
The extreme right is definitely of great concern. We need to organize against it, like this...
JudyM
Dec 2018
#14
The security forces have no choice, they have to stop the violence and vandalism.
still_one
Dec 2018
#10
Even with the gas tax increase, gas is cheaper now than when Macron took office
Recursion
Dec 2018
#28
I'll also edit my post accordingly. No doubt Macron is to blame for the uncompromising position
still_one
Dec 2018
#16
That is what elections are for. When you use words like "the government should be torn down", I
still_one
Dec 2018
#22
If the far right right fascists take over France, then it should be boycotted
rockfordfile
Dec 2018
#37
sure, but until we get rid of our fascist in the WH, that is unlikely. Hopefully, my speculation is
still_one
Dec 2018
#39
I don't think all of them, but there is no doubt they have been infiltrated by that garbage, and I
still_one
Dec 2018
#32
No, the ethno-nationalists started it. Don't believe the bullshit about gas taxes
Recursion
Dec 2018
#52
What makes this extremely troubling is the acceleration of violence by these protesters which which
still_one
Dec 2018
#4
No doubt Auggie, and it is a lose-lose situation for the government, because they have to crack down
still_one
Dec 2018
#9
Macron was democratically elected. Trying to justify this violence by the protestors is bullshit
still_one
Dec 2018
#45
Of course there have been extreme elements that have joined trying to cause chaos
rpannier
Dec 2018
#49
Yeah... these people are nationalist right wing scum You do *not* want this revolution
Recursion
Dec 2018
#26
They should arrest him.France has to remember what the fascists from the past did to their country.
rockfordfile
Dec 2018
#41
It has been infiltrated by the le Pen Nazis. Perhaps someone should educate this VIOLENT ASSHOLES
still_one
Dec 2018
#35
The Russians are involved in this up to their neck. France needs to find the creators of this farce
rockfordfile
Dec 2018
#38